HARD WORK PAYS MARIE-JOSEE TA LOU

From Dakar to Shanghai to London, it's been quite the journey for Marie Josee Ta Lou, who won the women’s 100m silver medal in a dramatic final on Sunday night at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, becoming the second sprinter from Ivory Coast in the history of the event to reach the podium.

It followed in the footsteps of her compatriot Murielle Ahoure, who finished second in the 100m and in the 200m in Moscow back in 2013.

Ta Lou was close to taking gold medal as they approached the line but Tori Bowie of the US produced a spectacular lean to grab victory, edging the Ivorian sprinter by 0.01. Ta Lou equalled her personal best with 10.86, set last year in another dramatic final at the Olympic Games in Rio where she finished fourth, sharing the same time with bronze medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.